[3] Early 2018 saw an extensive restructuring of the organisation with a new management team put in place in an attempt to revive the tour.

[4] A Qualifying school was organised,[5] but due to the lack of status of the tour, having lost world ranking points and without any calendar of tournaments, there were less than 20 entrants.

The aim of these events would be to raise the profile of professional golf in the region and to compete with the likes of the European Tour.

The series would initially comprise six events, three in China, two in Australia and one in South Korea, with plans to expand in later years.

The organisers officially attributed this decision to the state of the course and a clash of dates with The Players Championship on the PGA Tour, but some media commentators dismissed these reasons since the tournament had clashed with the Players Championship the previous year as well and instead attributed the cancellation to sponsor discontent with the sanctioning changes.